Pei Wen, who had just recovered, had Si Lan in his mind.
Even though his body could still feel severe discomfort from the operation, he still held her tightly, unwilling to let go for a moment, his body trembling with fear.
Si Lan didn't react at first, but after realizing that he was in an abnormal mood, she had to raise her hand and pat him on the back to comfort him.
"Are you okay? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?" she asked in a low voice.
Pei Wen's senses were constantly stimulated by the chip, so he could still feel it even in the most dangerous moments, and pain always surrounded him.
He could still hear Si Lan's voice, but the more he heard it, the more frightened he became, because he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to hold on, afraid that he would have to leave her forever without even seeing her for the last time.
He tightened his arms around her, his voice muffled and hoarse: "It hurts..."
Si Lan lowered her voice even more, and patted his back much more gently: "No anesthesia?"
Pei Wen: "I can't go this time either."
Si Lan said, "Then lie down for a while and recover before getting up."
Pei Wen immediately hugged her tightly again, refusing to let go: "Don't lie down, I'm scared."
Si Lan thought he was afraid of a relapse, so she had to give Fang Xun a helpful and confirming look while continuing to coax him.
Fang Xun thought to himself, "That's great. Finally, I have a chance to leave."
Professor Pei is really something. He scares people half to death one foot, and then he starts to show off his love, still torturing people half to death!
The professor looked weak and helpless, but he was able to move like this and his body no longer showed any flickering reactions, so he must have regained stability.
Fang Xun rolled his eyes and hurried out. Even though he had already received a positive response from the infrastructure team, he did not bother to ask again. It was better than staying in that small house.
Fan Wenqing and others were waiting outside. When they saw Fang Xun coming out, they asked anxiously and wanted to go in to take a look.
Fang Xun immediately said to them, "I advise you to stay away from this house."
Fan Wenqing didn't understand what she meant. She held the still hot meal and wanted Si Lan to have a few bites first.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she opened the door a crack, she saw two people hugging each other inside.
Fan Wenqing was stunned and stopped.
After a while, she finally understood what Officer Fang meant. She closed her eyes, rolled her eyes, and quietly retreated, closing the door tightly. She said to the group of people behind her, "Brother Fang is right. Don't go in, unless you haven't eaten today and want to eat some dog food!"
Tao Zhenzhen tilted her head: "What do you mean?"
Fan Wenqing tapped her forehead: "It means it's not suitable for children."
Tao Zhenzhen seemed to understand, but the other neighbors did.
Fan Wenqing said to everyone again: "Go away, go away, it looks like everything is fine."
"Professor Pei, don't look at his frail body, he's very attached to our Sister Lan, and he has a lot of tricks up his sleeve when it comes to pursuing her."
"So let's go quickly and don't disturb them, otherwise they will hate us in the future. With a weak and clingy little goblin like the professor around, it's hard for us to say which side we are on."
The residents covered their mouths and laughed, thinking that this was the truth.
The fact that Officer Fang and Fan Wenqing could joke about this matter also proved that the professor was absolutely fine, so everyone dispersed with peace of mind and tiptoed back to their jobs.
On the other side, Si Lan finally managed to calm the emotional Pei Wen down. After a while, he rested his head on her shoulder and fell asleep.
Si Lan carefully put him back on the bed, and waited until he fell asleep before she tiptoed out of his house and stood at the door to breathe a few breaths of fresh air.
Si Lan hadn't seen the sun or felt the wind for several days, and she felt a little dazed when she saw the sun outside again.
She had indeed been a little overworked recently, and after her mind and body had recovered, she felt a little weak in her steps.
She was about to go get something to eat.
Tao Zhenzhen had tiptoed over, still holding a small tray with hot clear soup and meat rice on it.
"Sister, can we eat now?" she asked in a low voice.
In her eyes, what is the relationship between Si Lan and Pei Wen, and what they were doing just now, is not the most important thing.
She only knew that her sister hadn't eaten for several days. Although her professor brother was also like that, she was not very familiar with her professor brother, so her sister was more important.
When Si Lan saw that it was her, she was slightly stunned.
Thinking about how this little girl had always been around her a while ago, she suddenly felt a little weird.
"You've been guarding me for several days, right?" She stood in front of the door, looked at Tao Zhenzhen with her eyes lowered and asked.
She was tall and was standing on the steps. The height difference between her and Tao Zhenzhen made her look down on her. Tao Zhenzhen couldn't tell whether she was annoying or not.
However, Tao Zhenzhen answered truthfully: "I was afraid that something might happen to my sister if she didn't eat, so I had to stay by her side."
Si Lan asked again: "Why are you afraid that something will happen to me?"
Tao Zhenzhen blinked, somewhat confused: "I'm just worried that something might happen to my sister. Do I need a reason?"
"Sister has always been protecting us. Now that sister needs someone to protect her, shouldn't we protect you in return?"
Si Lan was silent for a moment, looking at the little girl with an innocent face, and her thoughts suddenly drifted away.
It was not until Tao Zhenzhen called her repeatedly that she came to her senses, looking a little strange.
Tao Zhenzhen added: "Did sister misunderstand something? I don't mean anything else. I just think that since sister went to protect brother, we should protect her."
Si Lan suddenly smiled: "You will protect me?"
Tao Zhenzhen: "Isn't it possible?"
Si Lan didn't answer. I don't know what she was thinking about, but her eyes changed again.
Finally, she looked back at Pei Wen who was still sleeping, then looked at the steps under her feet, and simply sat down on the steps.
"Here. What are we having for dinner today?"
Tao Zhenzhen was still a little stunned, but when she realized that she really wanted to eat, she quickly handed the tray over: "I've cooked a pot of soup, and also brought out gravy and meat rice. Sister, come and eat!"
Remembering something important, she quickly explained, "These are all made fresh every day and haven't been stored for very long. You don't have to worry about them going bad, sister!"
Si Lan glanced at her while drinking her soup and asked calmly, "Do I usually look so harsh?"
Tao Zhenzhen took a while to understand what she said and quickly shook her head: "That's not what I meant!"
"I just think..." She glanced at Si Lan and said seriously, "Although Sister usually looks like she does everything and doesn't care about anything, I think she is still a person who lives a very delicate life."
Si Lan paused again.
After a long while, she withdrew her wandering gaze, took a sip of soup, and picked up her chopsticks to eat.
"You're really good at talking. You've made progress too."
Tao Zhenzhen didn't notice the exaggeration in that sincere statement, and was still watching her eat happily.
After she finished eating, she took the initiative to clean up, and then urged Si Lan to take the opportunity to take a nap.
But Si Lan didn't sleep. Pei Wen had just finished the operation in the real world, and she didn't dare to sleep.
She stayed with him for two more days, and only went back to take a nap for half a day after he was fully awake and able to get out of bed and move around.
However, just because Pei Wen can move freely in the game doesn't mean he has fully recovered in the real world.
He will need to stay in the ICU for observation for at least a week if there is no sign of relapse before he can be transferred to a regular private ward.
Upon seeing this, the Si couple took advantage of the Pei family's in-laws not paying attention and booked a VIP ward to give Pei Wen the best protection.
Afterwards, seeing that everyone was there, the four of them took some time to go to the office building of the Infrastructure Group together. Under the leadership of Wang Teng, they looked at the development of the camp through the chip.
When they found out that Si Lan and Pei Wen were fine in the game, the four of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
After Si's parents were freed from the chip, they patted Pei's shoulders with pride. "It seems our Lanlan is still taking good care of little Pei. What did Captain Wang just say? Lanlan stayed by little Pei's side for days without eating or drinking? Then our little Pei has a chance. Good news, in-laws!"
Pei's father and mother felt a little embarrassed: "Our little Pei owes Lanlan his life again."
Si's father and mother: "Haha, it's okay, it's okay, I've already owed it, I'll spend my whole life to pay it back!"
Then he asked Wang Teng: "Can you tell us about the current situation of the players?"
Wang Teng immediately gave the two of them a brief summary of the infrastructure team’s recent progress, the progress and difficulties in chip research.
When the two heard this, they pursed their lips and said, "Hmm...it still sounds very tricky."
"Let's put it this way, Captain Wang. Although we fully understand that it's wrong to occupy public resources, it's also wrong to exercise privilege in this situation."
"But Captain Wang just saw that Xiao Pei is the apple of our eye. His strength and achievements are undoubtedly indispensable to the infrastructure team."
"So my husband and I have the audacity to ask Captain Wang to grant our little Pei special guardianship and protection. All expenses incurred during this period will be borne by my husband and me."
Wang Teng was just about to say no, this was the responsibility of the Infrastructure Team, and the Infrastructure Team could be responsible for it themselves.
The couple waved their hands to interrupt him, not giving him a chance: "Oh, don't be polite, don't refuse, these are just small matters and small amounts of money."
"Also, Lanlan is in excellent physical condition. We're not worried about her and don't need any special care. As a small token of our personal appreciation, we'll donate the remaining budget, which is around 2 billion yuan, to your designated player hospital to provide better and safer protection for you, to prevent other players with health issues from facing the same situation as Xiao Pei."
Wang Teng was shocked when he heard this: "Two billion?"
The Si family couple asked curiously, "Isn't that enough?"
Wang Teng: "That's too much."
The Si family couple: "It's only 2 billion?"
Wang Teng: “…”
He knew that Si Lan's parents were entrepreneurs - they were famous entrepreneurs known throughout the country.
However, they did not make such a large donation in the name of the company, but in their own name. This is really rare and generous, and can be called selfless.
Wang Teng's team has received help and care from these two children in all aspects of gaming, and he really doesn't want their parents to make such contributions anymore.
He shook his head and said to the two of them: "We are currently..."
"Oh, Captain Wang, there's no need to say any more. I've just instructed my secretary to wire the funds through your donation channels. Once an order is issued, it's hard to retract it. Let's leave it at that."
"The money and resources of our national treasury are our ultimate backing. When we can use the power of the people, we should use it first. When we are no longer able to do so, the country will take over. Only then can we feel at ease and secure, without having to make excuses."
Wang Teng was speechless and wanted the Pei couple to persuade them.
The Pei couple were standing behind several researchers, watching them sort out new data. When they saw Wang Teng looking over, they smacked their lips.
"Oh, my in-laws are right. If we can use our strength, we should use it first."
"However, our Pei family is not as wealthy as theirs, so we really can't help much with money."
"But if we don't help, a family with no achievements will have children who are even less worthy of their own in the future. So we two old bones would like to ask Captain Wang: Do you still need scientific researchers? Do you want retired ones? Although we are old, we have at least trained many outstanding young people. If Captain Wang doesn't mind, let us join your scientific research team?"
Wang Teng, who suddenly received a large donation and also received two senior professors of the same level as his mentors, said: "..."
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